Truong Tan Sang

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Dinh
Dang Dinh, a former Vietnamese schoolteacher and blogger, died on April 3
from cancer of the stomach. Near death, he had been released from his six-year
prison sentence on March 21, and allowed to return home to die in Dak Nong
province in Vietnam's Central Highlands. His crime, to which he had pled not
guilty, had been to blog about corruption and environmental issues. He was found guilty under Article 88-1 (c) of
the Criminal Code for "conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam."

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Dear President Obama: We are writing to express our concern about the deteriorating press and Internet freedom situation in Vietnam ahead of your Thursday meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang. We ask that in your discussions you insist on the progress of freedom of expression-related issues as a precondition for broadening Vietnam's diplomatic, economic, and strategic relations with the United States.